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Makeover 101: Part 4 – Learning Basics of LED Light Installation

LED Home COB House

My first large-scale experience with lights is when I decided to get an electrician to add new fans in the bedrooms and replace all the fluorescent lights in the with brighter, more lasting lights. In some places like the living room, I added extra double lights which make the whole area very bright. There was not much work required for replacing fluorescent with LED lights but working with LED strips for the is going to be different. Photo by Max Rahubovskiy.

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Home Makeover 101: Part 3 – Repairing Broken & Old Kitchen Cabinet (Continued)

Kitchen Cabinet Hinges Interior Design

Before I forget about this, this is a continuation of the project to repair the broken which initially started with the idea of just changing the rusted hinges but it went on into a proper of the whole as the tabletop was still in good condition.

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Home Makeover 101: Part 2 – Repairing Broken & Old Kitchen Cabinet

Kitchen Cabinet Renovation Interior Design

One of the must-have items when one moves into a new is getting cabinets installed for the kitchen which will make the kitchen look more organised. The expensive ones are made from a special alloy which is resistant to rust, & tear and more importantly terminates. Image source: Pexel / Diego

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Home Makeover 101: Part 1 – Upgrading The Tired Home: The Planning

Home House Makeover Living Room

After a long tiring day, all we want to do is to come back to a warm, clean, comfortable where we can lay back in a corner, put a relaxing Illayaraaja classic and have a good book in our hands. But the reality of things especially when we have very little time to clean up, organise and run out of storage, the can be in a terrible mess & uncomfortable. Image source: Pexel/Photo by Donald Tong

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Personal 101: Mystery Water Leak & The Living Room Got Flooded Heavily

Water leak disruption tap dry Selangor Bunker

leaking in the can be a nightmare for anyone and personally, we have experienced water leaks in the past before and this was mainly from the rooftop water tank which we end up having to replace twice & one was from rainwater through gaps between roof tiles. Waterproofing the main areas of the bathrooms will be the next project at . Photo by PS Photography from Pexels.  

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Things To Make Life Easier At Home

home solar environment green energy

Solar panels on the roofs of every home will go a long way to reducing the cost of energy in this country but we have yet to have the space or the money for this project for now. However, there are other things we did that improved productivity and cut costs at home. Image source: http://www.eurocosm.com/

Disclaimer: Making things easy at does not mean they will be cheap. Some “investments” will be required.

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Technology 101: Does Mesh WiFi Improves Internet Connection?

Mesh WiFi Internet

When using the for the connection at which has multiple floors and thick walls in between, one cannot run away from internet dead zones, poor connection and solutions like actually designed to resolve these connectivity problems. Image source: Hello Tech

The that most of us work and attend classes from home truly tested the robustness of the logistics at home and this included the internet connection and also arrangement on for groceries and food. The good thing is we had installed fibre optics internet way before the pandemic hit our shores but over time, as more devices hooked to the internet and some areas of the encountered wifi dead zones, we had to look at a solution for this.

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Prepping 101: 5 Essential Things You Must Have When You Move To New House

wrench set house prepping toolbox hardware

(My favourite set of tools as I can use for both related fixes and also car repairs. It is easy for my kids to use to fix their own cabinets and book selves for their rooms. Image source: Lazada

In the last 2 years, a number of my colleagues, friends and had bought new houses and immediately set on renovation and interior decoration. However with the global pandemic where the future is uncertain, it pertinent for all to revisit on the idea of prepping the house so that you can depend less on others for simple fixes and works.

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Fix It Yourself Water Heater 2020

drill DIY tools toolbox water heater wiring

(The year was ripe for a heater replacement project and you need to have one of these items on standby – a proper set with the basic items like screwdrivers, hammer, pliers, etc, extendable ladder, water leakage tools, spare bulbs & cables and of course a drill. Image source: Pexels).

One of the promises that I made to my wife beginning this year was to finally replace the old, broken in our master bathroom. Actually it is an old promise dating many years ago as the old water heater needed to be replaced years ago but every time I wanted to replace it, I would have forgotten about it or some overseas assignment would come and I would get busy with that. That will be the case until the next year comes and my wife would be reminding me again.

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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Creating Doomsday Store Room

prepping storeroom doomsday house

(The canned food in the . Having enough food and clean drinking for the family draws the highest priority on my list but of course, looking for storage place without it is left on the open is fast becoming an issue – I blame this on housing developers not having basement as a standard design in this country. It’s time to be highly creative with storage. Image source: https://sofrep.com)

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Project 101: Why We Need Beautiful Art?

art mona lisa

(When it comes to art, this is my target in my mind but if I could do almost similar, that is good enough. Image source: http://tutinonka.wordpress.com)

There is a vacant in my living room that is begging to be covered with a large beautiful artwork or some colourful painting.

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